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HEEL. MAKING DIE. No. 393,111. Patented Nov. 20,1888.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HUSSEY, OF LAWRENCE, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES W. BROOKS,

TRUSTEE, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL-MAKING DIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,111, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed June 25,1888. Serial No. 278,140.

To all whom' it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HUssEY, of

7 Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Heel-Making Dies, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

Thisinvention has for its object to improve the dies employed in so called heel-presses.

Prior to my invention the dies into which the heel-blanks have been forced and compressed to be pricked and loaded with nails have had their top plates made either integral therewith, as in United States Patent N 0. 105,030, or the top plate has been made of steel and the body cast upon the serrated edges thereof. \Vhen the top, plate is fixed to the die, great care is required to set the die exactly in position to have the blank lifted into it and to have the awls and drivers register with the holes in the top plate, and to avoid the nicety of adjustment, and at the same time secure a better apparatus, I have provided molds with removable or detachable top plates, and I have made the top plate adjustable on the mold, and I have also made the mold adjustable horizontally, as will be described. So, also, by making the top plate detachable it is possible to readily change one plate for another having holes differently located to provide for any desired pricking.

Figure 1 is a top or plan view ofa die embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a similar View with the adjusting blocks or projections at the breast of the die removed; Fig. 3, a section in the line 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a top plate detachable, but not itself adjustable on the die; Fig. 5, a section of a die with a top plate such as shown in Fig. 4 secured thereto, and Fig. 6 shows a modified form of adjustment for the die.

The die A, made as a cast-metal block, has a recess, A, for the reception of the heel, as

in United States Patent No. 105,030, referred to. The die open at both ends is provided at its smallor upper end with a top plate, B, of steel, provided with holes I) and detachably secured to the die by screws b, passed through holes I) in the plates, the said holes being preferably of greater diameter than the diameter of the screws, so as to permit the holes in the top plate to be put at just the proper (No model.)

place in the die to be entered by the usual awls or drivers. I have also provided the die near the breast of the heel with two adjusting projections, c c, and the die near the rear of the heelis provided, preferably, with a lug, d, upon which, if desired, may be attached an adjusting projection, e, withdrawal or removal of the said projections from either the breast or lug enabling the die itself to be adjusted horizontally in the space in the rotating table or bed carrying the said dies to a limited extent.

When the die is applied in the machine, it may have on it the projections c c or e, according to the position desired for the die, and, if desired, the top plate may be adjusted so as to bring the holes b in correct line with the usual awls and drivers of the machine in which the die is to be used, that they may descend correctly through the said holes.

As an equivalent for the projections c and e, I might employ either the screws 3 and 4, used to hold the projections in place, or I may make the projections as in the form of larger screws, asm and n, as in Fig. 6, and, if desired, hold them in place by set-screws 1).

Making the top plate readily detachable from the mold by removing the set-screws b is a great convenience to the operator in case of injury toeither the plate or mold, and whenever desired any plate may be quickly removed and another with different holes for different pricking be used instead.

I claim- 1. The heel-mold having a detachable per- 

